Shloka 32

Devanagari script

एतेन सहितो युद्धय पज्चालैश्व महारथै: । आश्रचासनार्थ सैन्यानां सर्वेषां पाण्डुनन्दन,'पाण्डुनन्दन! इनके और पांचाल महारथियोंके साथ रहकर तुम अपनी सारी सेनाओंको सान्त्वना देनेके लिये यहाँ युद्ध करो”

Transliteration

etena sahito yuddhāya pāñcālaiś ca mahārathaiḥ | āśvāsanārthaṃ sainyānāṃ sarveṣāṃ pāṇḍunandana ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Ô fils de Pāṇḍu, tiens-toi avec lui et avec les grands guerriers de char des Pāñcālas, et combats ici, afin que toutes tes troupes soient rassurées et raffermies dans leur cœur.»

Word by Word

एतेनwith this (one)

सहितःaccompanied (together)

युध्यfight

पाञ्चालैःwith the Panchalas

चand

महारथैःwith the great chariot-warriors

आश्वासनार्थम्for the purpose of encouragement/comfort

सैन्यानाम्of the armies

सर्वेषाम्of all

पाण्डुनन्दनO son of Pandu

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍunandana (a Pāṇḍava)

Pāñcālas

mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)

sainyas (troops/armies)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In the midst of war, a leader’s duty includes sustaining the courage and cohesion of the whole force. Fighting is framed not merely as personal valor but as a stabilizing responsibility toward one’s troops and allies.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports an instruction addressed to a Pāṇḍava: to remain together with a particular ally and the Pāñcāla great warriors, and to engage in battle at that spot so the entire army feels reassured and does not lose heart.